Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antananarivo is one of five Latin Metropolitan Archdioceses in Madagascar, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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Archdiocese of Antananarivo Archidioecesis Antananarivensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Madagascar |
Ecclesiastical province | Antananarivo |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,465 sq mi (6,380 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 3,550,000 957,000 (27%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 1841 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Jean De Dieu Raoelison |
Auxiliary Bishops | Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina |
Bishops emeritus | Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona |
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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l'Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Andohalo, in the national capital city of Antananarivo.
The archdiocese was, for many years, one of the bases for the spreading of Catholicism in Madagascar and the surrounding British and especially French Indian Ocean territories like Réunion, Comoros and others, which now form an Indian Ocean Episcopal Conference.